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CHRISTMAS GIFTS - Fine

Malo e lelei, Kia ora, Talofa lava and
welcome back to
my blog today I will be blogging
about a little bit of the
time when my school had a group of
people and santa coming
to our school and giving us gifts.

Hope you all enjoy :)

CHRISTMAS GIFTS

Every year at Tamaki we have a group
of people who come to our school
and gives us some Christmas presents.
Last week, my teacher told us all
that Santa and a group of people will
becoming to our school on Monday
the 9th of December to give us presents.
We were all excited so we all
started writing down the things we wanted. 

(This is what I wrote)

Dear Santa, 

Malo e lele my name is Fine from Tamaki

primary school at Room 6, I’m an 11 year

old girl who really works hard on

achieving my goals for next year. And I really

hope I made it to your nice list.

For Christmas I would love to have

earphones (from the warehouse that is just for

$4. 50) shoes for girls sizes 10 US and a silver heart

necklaces (from the warehouse again but for just

$12.00) and a purple school bag. Please santa, and

thank you for putting a smile on everyone's faces on

christmas. I hope you and your family will have

christmas too.

Kind regards, 

By Fine

My Pepeha in Tongan and Te reo

Malo e lelei, Kia orana, talofa lava and greetings to you all,

in case you haven't hear the year 3-8 has been in summer learning journey and for week 1 we are learning about arts and entertainment. For this activity we have to make our own pepeha and you can make it in any language that you wish, and I chosen to say my pepeha in Tongan and Te reo Maori. (Sorry if I get some of the maori words wrong I don't know much maori.)

Lorde

My poster

CHRISTMAS GIFTS

Dear Santa, 

Malo e lele my name is Fine Room 6, who really works hard on achieving my goals for next year. And I really hope I made it to your nice list.

For Christmas I would love to have earphones (from the warehouse that is just for $4. 50) shoes for girls sizes 10 (US) and a silver heart necklaces (from the warehouse again but for just $12.00) and a purple school bag. Please santa, and thank you for putting a smile on everyone's faces on christmas. 

I hope you and your family will have christmas too.

Kind regards, 

By Fine

Why should you come and visit New Zealand

HOW TO KEEP YOUR HEART HEALTHY - SLOGAN

Food that are good for your diet

Manaiakalani film festival

Manaiakalani film festival

Every year, for about 12 year 13 different schools
has been going for manaiakalani film festival and
tomorrow  Room 6 will be showing our movie about
New Zealand history and how we should keep New
zealand nice and clean. On Wed, 13 of Nov the
manaiakalani films will be held at sylvia park movies.

WALT: Narrative our own story.

WALT: Narrative our own story.

Once upon a time there lived a little boy named Jake,

he lived in a small house with his stepmother annie.

Jake and his best friend Michael loves to go on

adventures, One day when Jake and Michael were

walking in the forest they heard a mysterious sound.

When they check it out it was a huge book, “WOW It

looks really special” Jake blurted to michael. “Lets see

what it does”. Jake and michael opened the book

really slowly and it took them to a new dimension were

you could dinosaurs again, they were flying on top of the

huge book they sawed in the forest. "WOW we are so

high up" muttered Michael "I know, this is really

cool" reply Jake. They took an amazing adventures
explored different places.

THE END!

COLOURS - BY FINE

Cleaning our school Environment - Fine

Cleaning our school Environment

“I feel so tired being the only one cleaning this school
I think I want to resign,” said Mike, He was very upset
because he has to wake up early everyday and he is
always very exhausted.“ We need to help Mike pick up
the rubbish because he felt very upset picking up the
rubbish all by himself” said Mrs. Sharma so we all decided
that we would help Mike pick up rubbish in our school.
From now on every morning before school starts
we would get our badges, our plastic bags, our gloves
and then we’d head  outside to pick up rubbish.

When Mike heard we were helping him pick up the
rubbish he was a bit shocked and happy we were
helping him. Then one day one of our classmates
gave mike lollies and a card to say thank you for always
cleaning environment. That girl wish she could put a happy
smile on Mike's face and it did. Mike was so happy that we
were helping him to clean.

     

Going to Rainbow ends - Fine

Going to Rainbow Ends

‘Get in the car we are going on’ yelled mum, we all rush
in the car, we all head over to PAK'nSAVE to get a  few
snacks, then we all headed to Rainbow ends. I was
excited and a bit nervous to go in because we're was
lots of people where, When we got into rainbow ends
I was so excited to go on the Bumper cars, roller
coaster and the 3D movie in door roller coaster.

 When me and my sister went into the Bumper cars with my brothers it was fun because we would all way bumped into each other. Then we went to the kidz kingdom and had a little play there with my sister. ‘I feel hungry now’ my sister said ‘Ok let go and eat’ I say. So we went to mum and eat cookies and chips, Then we head over there they were holding a show, My sister was laughing hard out because the people who were doing the show was dancing weirdly. At the end we met up with my brothers we went to go eat ice cream, and go inside the 3D movie in door roller coaster, we had to wear 3D glasses when we went in I was so excited and a little bit nervous for that it’s going to be, but I just want for it, We were all searcy at the top of our Voices.   

Maths

Tafoe O - Fine

• What is Te Tafoe” 

 Te Tafoe is a type of song.

• What is the song about?
  The words of the song is about a

Tokelau war crying. It tells the warriors

Kaufao to be alert and also to sant on

this ground to battle for victory. 

• How did Paulino Tuwhala learn the art of talatala?
  He learned the art of talatala by watching

his grandad, uncles and his dad do it.

Later on he went to the school

of fine art in samoa for three years.    

• Use google drawing to show the steps on how to make a foe?

Colours tell a story - Fine

Tongan language week

Last week was the Tongan language and my school
and I have lots of things to celebrate the Tongan Culture.
On Wednesday we had lots of tongan games and There
was lova tanta, Tolopato, Dodgeball and other more.
Lova tanta is when you go inside a bag and you all state
in a line when you Jump to the finish line. And the person
who there in the finish line are the winner of the game.
And Tolopato is can of like crickets but you have to hit the
ball with your hands and there are 4 Codes you have to
run to. Once when you hit the ball all of the four people
standing around the codes has to run to other code but
without getting touched by the ball. Dodgeball is kind of
different from the way we play it because there has to be
two people standing on Opposite side from the outside of
line and they have to try and get us out by Throwing the
ball at us and if we get touched by the ball the person who
throws it goes to the middle and the person who got touched
goes outside the line and try to get someone so they can
come to the middle. When on Friday we had a big assembly.
First, we sing the New Zealand and Tonga National
anthem when we had someone to do the Tongan pray then
we had Lily, Vaiola, Pauliasi and Maria to sing a tongan himi.
Then we it was time for Rm 1,2,3 and 4 to share what
they have by class by class, When we had nannas reading
group teach us how to read in tongan fat cat. When we had
the Room 9 and 10 girl to do their tongan dance. After the
girls dance we had Room 9 and 10 boy to do their tongan
dance. Then it was time for me and the whole kia toa
syndicate to do our big mauluulu, And last of all we had
Lydia from Room 9 to do a tongan tauolunga. To end our
assembly we had a tongan pray. And at lunch time we were
called class by class to come to the hall to eat the tongan food.

                  

Tongan games - Fine

On wednesdays our school had tongan games because it was tongan language week. There was lova tanta, Tolopato, Afeafe holo ( Dodgeball) and other more . Lova tanta is when you go inside a bag and you all state in a line when you Jump to the finish line. And the person who there in the finish line are the winner of the game. And Tolopato is can of like crickets but you have to hit the ball with your hands and there are 4 Codes you have to run to and 4 around the codes. Once when you hit the ball all of the four people standing around the codes has to run to other code but without getting touched by the ball. Afeafe holo ( Dodgeball) is kind of different from the way we play it because there has to be two people standing on Opposite side from the outside of line and they have to try and get us out by Throwing the ball at us and if we get touched by the ball the person who throws it goes to the middle and the person who got touched goes outside the line and try to get someone so they can come to the middle. I had a very fun and amazing time playing these games at school.

Paddy Japaljarri Stewart.

Bike day at Tamaki.

Today at Tamaki we had a Bike day.

It was down at the bike shed.

 We had 25 bike of free to our school And the

whole school was there.

There were lots of activities to do. After Morning tea
the whole Syndicate went down to where the Bike
Crew Members were holding the activities. Me and
my friend Christine went to make our own badges.
We went to go look at the bikes but we didn’t want
to go on the bikes, Then we went over to Energy Music bike which was really cool. when you go on
the bike it will play songs as long as you keep paddling.
Then we went over to where we could decorate your
own bike with lots of things. 

When we all head back to class after that we head
back down to the hall for an assembly to say thank
you to all the people who give us 25 bikes to us for
free and who also help with everything and to the
people from our school who join to help out with the
bikes. When in Lunch time we were all called by
class by class to get our free sausages. After eating
our sausages me and my friend had a little play
before they end the bike day. 

  

BANANA SHAKE RECIPE

BANANA SHAKE RECIPE

Ingredients 

1 banana  

one and a half cups of Milk 

Some sugar

Equipment

A Blender

A cup

A spoon

Method 

First you will want to wash your hands before you start to

make the Banana Shake, Then you Peel the Bananas and then

Break them two little pieces then you put it in the Blender

then add some sugar and 2 cups of Milk then Blender it all together.

And last of all Enjoy it. 

Filipe Tohi coming to our school

Filipe Tohi coming to our school

On Tuesday we had one of New zealand famous
Tongan artists come to our school his name was
Filipe Tohi. He told us that when he first came to
New Zealand at the age of 18 he went into this
meare and he was amazed to see all the different
art and he wants to try it, so he wanted to become
an artist. And he told us the different Pattern that can
be used in art. He showed us all of the things he had
made. My favorite art that he did was the fish patterns
and the birds. It was so fun to have Filipe Tohi coming to
our school. I was so amazed with all the art he has done. 

Human Energy Generator - Fine

Human Energy Generator

Today in class we learned a
little about a Human energy generator.
On a Human energy generator you have to turn the wheel
around to make the light turn on and on the Human Energy
generator there are two light ball, One is an LED. An LED
save all your power and the other is an normal light ball which
uses all of your power.

Kandinsky

Forest fact

Forest Fact

Around 30% of the Earth is covered by trees. 

Rainforests are home to 50% of all plants and animals. 

In the rainforest there are about 1,500 flowering plants.

There are 400 species of birds and 750 species of tree in the Rainforests. 

There are 150 species of butterfly found in rainforest.

Rainforests are often known as the ‘lungs of the Earth’ The tree absorb harmful carbon dioxide and produce 20% of the oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere. 

25% of medicines come from plants found in the rainforest.

 Trees soak up water and help prevent erosion. Without them the soil would wash away.  

What is Deforestation?

Deforestation occurs when trees are cut down across a wide area which is then permanently cleared for another use. 

Did you know…?

Every 20 minutes, an area of rainforest the size of 20 football pitches is cut down. If this rate continues, There will be no rainforests in 100 years. 

Why are the rainforests cut down?

Tree are useful and valuable. Among other things, they are used for paper, building and firewood.

The rainforest is home to a unique variety of tree species. Hardwoods such as teak or mahogany are strong and so are perfect for building and for making furniture. However, these trees are slow growing and are not easy to replace.

Subsistence farming

This is also known as slash and burn, families cut down small parts of the forest and burn it to improve the soil and make room for cattle.

It is on a small scale and the forest can regenerate. But with more people taking more land, this chance of recovery is slower. Up to 48% of all deforestation is caused by subsistence farming.

Commercial Farming

This is farming that happens on a large scale. It is led by companies who need to products for the wider world.

Forest is cleared permanently for:

• Cattle grazing : This provides meat for restaurant chains and supermarkets.
• Crops : Crops such as sugar cane and palm oil are grown in large lands.

What are the effects of Deforestation?

Soil erosion : Tree roots help hold the soil and prevent it from being washed away. Without trees, the soil is washed into rivers and streams, blocking them, causing flooding and contaminating drinking water.

Droughts : Trees are an important part of the water cycle. Without them, there will be a lack of rain.

Habitat loss : Animals and plants lose their home so some may become endangered or extinct.

Climate change: Scientists believe deforestation has a worldwide effect on climate. Trees store carbon dioxide builds up in the atmosphere and is known as a greenhouse gas which causes global warming.